Tetrapolis (other)
Tetrapolis ( el, Τετράπολις, link=no '(having) four cities') may refer to: *Tetrapolis (Attica), a district comprising four cities in ancient Attica, Greece * Doric Tetrapolis, a group of four cities in ancient Doris, Greece * Syrian Tetrapolis, a region of the Seleucid Empire *Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ... by itself was also sometimes called ''Tetrapolis'' * Kibyran Tetrapolis in Lycia, see Kibyra {{geodis ...
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Tetrapolis (Attica)
Tetrapolis ( Greek: ) comprised one of the twelve districts into which Attica was divided before the time of Theseus. The district was on a plain in the northeastern part of Attica and contained four cities: Marathon (), Probalinthus (), Tricorythus (), and Oenoe (). Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ... claimed ''Huttēnia'' (Ὑττηνία) was its name among the Pelasgoi. The name persisted as a reference to the cities, which shared a religious calendar. Following the reforms of Cleisthenes in 508, the cities (Deme, demes) of Marathon, Oenoe, and Tricorythus were organised into a single trittys along with the city of Rhamnous, whilst Probalinthus belonged to another trittyes; nonetheless, the former was often still referred to as the Tetrap ...
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